JOSEPH ASHBY-STERRY - AUTOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED 12/02/1884 - HFSID 72961
Sale Price $391.00
Reg. $460.00
JOSEPH ASHBY-STERRY
The British poet and literary-figure sets a date to view some
pictures, signs name in black ink
Autograph note signed"J. Ashby-Sterry" in purple ink.
1 page, 3½x4½. December 2, 1884. Trafalgar Square, London, England.Addressed to "Mr. Kitton". In full: "The Garrick picture which
have only recently been re-hung are only to be seen on a Wednesday between
eleven and one. I have to be away next Wednesday but if you could look in that
day week at about eleven-thirty or twelve, I should be most happy to show you
the Thackeray pictures. I believe there is no possibility of having them copied.
I think there are about four & and bust - Of course you have noticed the
Thackeray portraits in the early numbers of Punch & there was a very
good one in Mouth by John Leacock. Believe me, to be...Yours
faithfully". Joseph Ashby-Sterry (1836-1917) was an English poet and
novelist. His works include Katharine and Petruchio (1870),
Tiny Travels (1874), Boudoir Ballands (1876),
The Wooden Midshipman (1881), The Lazy Minstrel
(1886), Charles Dickens in Southwark (1888), Nutshell
Novels (1891), A Naughtly Girl (1893), A Tale of the
Thames (1896) and The River Rhymer (1913). He was also a
frequent contributor to the British humor magazine Punch. Ink bleeding
slightly. Lightly toned. Small stains on verso. Otherwise, fine
condition.
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